January 21, 2009 Guests: Dr. Eric Hallman, President, and Neil Jones, VP of Scientific Operatiopns, Kryosphere, Inc., RTP Topics: Kryosphere’s biorepository, clinical trial sample management system, and cold chain-of-custody logistics
January 28, 2009 Guests: Dr. Jason Caplan, President & CEO, and David Burroughs, Director, Sales & Marketing, EnSolve Biosystems, Inc, Raleigh Topic: EnSolve’s technology for bioremediation of oily bilge water in maritime vessels
February 25, 2009 Guest: Dr. Chris Brodie, Vice President, Corporate Communications, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, co-founder, Science Communicators of North Carolina (SCONC) Topics: Biotechnology in NC, Chris’s 2008 Fulbright Fellowship in Norway, SCONC
March 4, 2009 Guest: Dr. Myron Cohen, Director, UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Topics: Research progress on HIV/AIDS treatments and preventative measures, UNC’s Malawi Project
March 11, 2009 Guest: Dr. Rob Dunn, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Department of Zoology, NCSU
Topic: Rob’s new book, Every Living Thing: Man’s Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys
March 18, 2009 Guest: Dr. Barbara Entwisle, Director, Carolina Population Center, UNC-CH; Principal Investigator, North Carolina Study Center, National Children’s Study
Topics: National Children’s Study, Carolina Population Center
March 25, 2009 Guest: Dr. Michael Ehlers, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, HHMI Investigator Topics: Basic cellular mechanisms in neurons, synaptic plasticity
April 8, 2009 Guest: Marc Sedam, Chief Operating Officer, Qualyst, Inc., Raleigh
Topic: Qualyst’s products related to drug metabolisms – to enhance drug discovery and development
April 15, 2009 Guest: Dr. Sam Houston, President & CEO, North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center (NCSMT) Topic: NCSMT’s efforts to promote science, math, and engineering education in North Carolina
April 22, 2009 Guests: Steve Peterson, CEO, and Dick Guenther, Chief Technical Officer and VP, Research, Trana Discovery, Inc. Cary Topic: Trana’s tRNA (transfer RNA) technology platform for drug discovery and development
May 13, 2009 Guest: Dr. Vann Bennett, James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology, Biochemistry, and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center; HHMI Investigator Topic: Ankyrins, membrane anchoring proteins discovered by Dr. Bennett and implicated in sudden cardiac failure, Type 2 diabetes, aging, and other disorders
May 27, 2009 Guest: Dr. Jennifer Mersereau, Director, UNC Fertility Preservation Program
Topic: Fertility Preservation Program, preserving fertility for cancer patients
June 17, 2009 Guest: Dr. Etta Pisano, Director, Biomedical Research Imaging Center; Director, TraCS Institute, Kenan Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, UNC School of Medicine; founder, NextRay, Inc. Topic: Dr. Pisano’s groundbreaking discoveries in digital mammography and advanced X-ray imaging technology
July 1, 2009 Guest: Dr. William Parker, immunologist, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center Topics: Function of the human appendix, the “hygiene hypothesis,” GERD and asthma, protein folding
July 15, 2009 Guest: Glenn Murphy, author of science books for young people
Topics: Glenn’s books, public understanding of science, science education
July 29, 2009 Guest: Dr. Miriam Labbock, Director, Carolina Breastfeeding Institute, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Topics: Current theories and practices regarding breastfeeding; World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7, 2009
August 5, 2009 Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Bullitt, Director, Computer-Assisted Surgery and Imaging Laboratory (CASILab), UNC School of Medicine Topics: Advances in computer-assisted surgery and diagnosis, recent findings on aerobic activity and aging of the brain
August 19, 2009 Guests: Dr. Christian Melander and Dr. John Cavanagh, NCSU; co-founders, Agile Sciences, Inc. Topics: The impact of biofilms in medicine, agriculture and industry; Agile’s proprietary formula for biofilm dispersion, re-sensitizing drug-resistant bacteria to conventional antibiotics
August 26, 2009 Guest: Dr. Jorge Piedrahita, Professor of Genomics, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, NCSU Topics: Cloned pigs yielding important human genetic information; implications for intrauterine growth restriction, a low birth weight condition affecting 5-8% of human births; “imprinted” genes
September 2, 2009 Guest: Dr. Phyllis Leppert, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine Topic: Current thinking and research findings on uterine fibroids
September 23, 2009 Guest: Dr. Stephen Frye, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy; Director, Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery (CICBDD) Topics: CICBDD, NC Drug Discovery Center of Innovation, NC NCI Chemical Biology Center, Stephen’s career in pharmaceutical research and development and academic drug discovery
September 30, 2009 Guest: Dr. Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom, Professor of Pharmacology, Duke University; Director, Duke Center for Science Education Topic: Innovations in science education
October 21, 2009 Guest: Dr. Kenneth Adler, Professor of Cell Biology, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine; Cofounder and Chief Scientist, BioMarck Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. Topics: Pathogenic mechanisms of respiratory disease, BioMarck’s drug currently in trials to treat chronic bronchitis
November 11, 2009 Guest: Dr. Laura Miller, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: Mathematical biology, the influence of fluid dynamics on biological systems
November 18, 2009 Guest: Dr. Phillip Benfey, Paul Kramer Professor of Biology; Director, Center for Systems Biology (CSB), Duke University; Co-founder and Chief Science Officer, GrassRoots Biotechnology Topics: Systems biology, CSB research and activities, plant development genetics and genomics, GrassRoots’ commercial venture in plant genetics
November 25, 2009 Guest: Dr. Raymond Pickles, Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and member, Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center and Human Gene Therapy Center, UNC School of Medicine Topics: Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis, respiratory viral pathogens, including influenza
December 9, 2009 Guest: Dr. Blanche Capel, Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center Topics: Sex determination in the human embryo and “the bipotential gonad,” drivers of sex determination in animals
December 16, 2009 Guests: Dr. Chris Stern, Chairman and CEO, and Deb Thompson, Sr. VP Clinical Affairs, Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc,. Durham Topic: Oxygen Biotherapeutics’ oxygen therapy products in development for traumatic brain injury, stroke, heart attack, and many other biomedical applications
January 6, 2010 Guest: Dr. Bradford Walters, VP and Chief Medical Officer, RTI International
Topic: Brad’s varied career as a neurosurgeon, venture capitalist, and now RTI executive
January 20, 2010 Guest: Dr. Tannishtha Reya, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center Topics: Dr. Reya’s research on hematopoietic stem cells, which generate all blood cells, and how stem cell signaling pathway mutations can lead to cancers
January 27, 2010 Guest: Dr. Craig McClain, Assistant Director of Science, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) Topics: Body size and biodiversity in the deep sea environment, ecology of undersea mountains, science blogging and communication
February 10, 2010 Guest: Dr. Russell Harris, Director, Program on Prevention in Education and Practice, Professor of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: The role of prevention in medicine (including recent controversies regarding breast cancer screening and self-examination), the MD-MPH program at UNC
February 17, 2010 Guest: Dr. Wenbin Lin, Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: Recently named among the “Top Ten Chemists of the Decade,” we discussed Dr. Lin’s research activities in solar energy, biofuels, cancer treatment and imaging nanomaterials, catalysis, and more
March 3, 2010 Guest: Dennis Meredith, science writer, consultant, and author Topics: The state of science communication, Dennis’s career and his new book, Explaining Research
March 10, 2010 Guest: Dr. John Logsdon, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Iowa, NESCent sabbatical scholar Topic: The evolutionary biology of sex
March 17, 2010 Guest: Rick Weddle, President & CEO, Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
Topics: Research Triangle Park – past, present, and future
March 31, 2010 Guest: Dr. Allen Rodrigo, Director, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), Durham Topics: An update on NESCent’s activities in support of evolutionary biology research, Dr. Rodrigo’s background and research interests
April 7, 2010 Guest: Dr. Heather Patisaul, Assistant Professor of Biology, NC State University
Topics: Risks of bisphenol A (BPA), other research in neuroendocrinology and endocrine Disruption
April 14, 2010 A Special Edition of Radio In Vivo: America’s Science Challenges and Opportunities: Past, Present, and Future, a lecture by Dr. Neal Lane, Malcolm Gillis University Professor at Rice University, senior fellow of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, and former director of the National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The talk was delivered April 10, 2010 as the keynote address at the annual Scope Academy sponsored by the NC State College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
May 5, 2010 Guest: Fred Wyand, Media & Communications Manager, American Social Health Association (ASHA) Topics: ASHA’s history, mission, and activities; current epidemiology and research on sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
June 30, 2010 Guest: Vanessa Woods, Research Scientist, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University; author of Bonobo Handshake Topic: Vanessa’s work studying bonobos and chimpanzees in the Congo
July 14, 2010 Guest: Dr. Geraldine Dawson, research professor of psychiatry, UNC-Chapel Hill; Chief Science Officer, Autism Speaks Topic: New developments in detection, diagnosis, and treatment of autism
July 21, 2010 Guest: Dr. Bill Sheridan, Chief Medical Officer, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Durham Topics: BioCryst's drug development technology, pipeline and history; emergency use of IV peramivir, BioCryst's anti-influenza drug, in 2009 H1N1 flu epidemic
July 28, 2010 Guest: Dr. Geoff Ginsburg, Professor of Medicine and Pathology; Director, Center for Genomic Medicine, Duke University Topic: New developments in genomic and personalized medicine
September 8, 2010 Guest: Dr. K. Sean Kimbro, Director, Julius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnical Research Institute (BBRI), NC Central University, Durham Topic: Biomedical and health disparities research at BBRI
September 22, 2010 Guests: Dr. Howard Rockman & Dr. Joseph Rogers, cardiologists, Duke University Medical Center Topic: Current and future treatments for heart failure
September 29, 2010 A special edition of Radio In Vivo: the live remote broadcast that aired September 21 from Raleigh Science Cafe. Ernie hosted the event, which featured urban planner Dan Douglas of KlingStubbins Architects, Raleigh. Dan imparts his vision for the future of Raleigh and the Triangle, and takes questions from Ernie, the audience and Twitter.
October 20, 2010 Guest: Dr. Temitope Keku, Research Associate Professor of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: The human microbiome, the role of gut microbes in colorectal cancer
November 3, 2010 Guest: Dr. Josh Stohl, Research Engineer, MED-EL Corporation, Durham
Topic: Cochlear implants - history, current developments, directions for research
November 10, 2010 Guest: Bob Fesmire, co-author, "Energy Explained"
Topics: Conventional and alternative energy sources
November 24, 2010 Guest: Jeffrey Abbey, President & CEO, Argos Therapeutics, Inc., Durham, NC Topics: Updating the progress of Argos' dendritic cell immunotherapies in development to treat cancer, infectious and autoimmune diseases; ethical, legal and social issues surrounding cancer vaccines - our first return guest on RIV!
December 29, 2010 Guests: Dr. Stephen Reynolds and Dr. Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli, NCSU Department of Physics Topics: Dr. Reynold's work in astrophysics, Dr. Buongiorno-Nardelli's work in nanomaterials, and the interface between science and music - Dr. Reynolds is a professional violinist, Dr. Buongiorno-Nardelli is a professional flutist/composer
January 19, 2011 Guest: Dr. Wolfgang Liedtke, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Duke University Medical Center Topics: Molecular mechanism of lung damage from diesel particles, pain neuroscience
February 23, 2011 Guest: Dr. Bill Jenkins, Co-Director, Minority Health Project, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Topics: Minority health disparities, racism and health, epidemiology, Dr. Jenkins' long career at CDC and elsewhere, the Tuskegee Study
March 16, 2011 Guest: Dr. Louis Martin-Vega, Dean of the College of Engineering, NC State University
Topics: NCSU College of Engineering, the Grand Challenges in Engineering
April 6, 2011 Guest: Jason Painter, Executive Director, North Carolina Science Olympiad (NCSO)
Topics: NCSO, threats to state funding, science education
May 4, 2011 Guest: Dr. Jenny McGuire, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), Durham Topics: conservation paleontology, the sixth mass extinction, organisms' responses to climate change
May 18, 2011 Guest: Dr. Kater Hake, Vice President of Agricultural and Environmental Research, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC Topics: scientific and technological developments in cotton research, the current status of the cotton marketplace
June 1, 2011 Guest: Dr. Meg Lowman, Director, Nature Research Center (NRC), NC Museum of Natural Sciences; Research Professor, NCSU Topics: NRC, Meg’s canopy science research, communicating science
July 6, 2011 Guest: Dr. Rob Dunn, assistant professor of biology, NC State University
Topic: Rob’s new book, The Wild Life of Our Bodies
August 24, 2011 Guest: Dr. Bryan Stuart, curator of amphibians and reptiles, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Topics: the history and uses of the Museum’s reptile and amphibian collection, Bryan’s research, species discovery and disappearance
August 31, 2011 Guest: Dr. Nancy Allbritton, Professor and Chair, UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering Topics: research at the UNC/NCSU Biomedical Engineering Department, Nancy’s research program in microsystems engineering, developing new analytical technologies for the biomedical sciences
September 14, 2011 Guest: Dr. Dan Ksepka, Research Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University; Research Associate, Department of Paleontology, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Topics: avian paleontology, fossil penguins, divergent dating, sauropod dinosaurs
September 28, 2011 Guest: Dr. Denniz Zolnoun, Director, Vulvar Pain Clinic, UNC School of Medicine Topics: advances in vulvar and pelvic pain diagnosis and treatment, vulvar vestibulitis syndrome
October 12, 2011 Guest: Dr. Harald Ade, Professor and Director of Graduate Programs, Department of Physics, NC State University Topics: the physics of organic solar cells and light-emitting diodes, new methods of analyzing the composition, morphology and structure of polymers and electronic materials at the sub-micron scale
October 26, 2011 A Special Edition of Radio In Vivo featuring a recent keynote speech on the importance of teamwork in science, by Dr. Joseph DeSimone, Professor of Chemistry at UNC and NCSU and Founder and Scientific Advisor of Liquidia Technologies.
November 9, 2011 Guests: Dr. Alison Motsinger-Reif, assistant professor. Bioinformatics Research Center, NCSU, and Dr. David Reif, statistician, National Center for Computational Toxicology, EPA, RTP Topics: bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, toxicogenomics, ToxPi (Toxicological Priority Index), married scientists
November 30, 2011 Guests: Dr. Diana Perkins, Department of Psychiatry, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Dr. Clark Jeffries, Renaissance Computing Institute and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Topics: the genetic basis of schizophrenia, early intervention in schizophrenia, discovery of very small pluripotent stem cells in human peripheral blood
December 14, 2011 Guest: Dr. Cindy Bulik, Director, UNC Eating Disorders Program Topic: Cindy’s new book, The Woman in the Mirror: How To Stop Confusing What You Look Like with Who You Are
December 21, 2011 Guest: Dr. Harold Heatwole, professor of zoology, NC State University
Topics: sea snakes, tardigrades
January 25, 2012 Guest: Dr. Staci Bilbo, director, Developmental Neuroimmunology Lab, Duke University Topics: Developmental neuroimmunology, the presence of immune cells (microglia) in the brain, impact on health and behavior later in life
February 15, 2012 Guest: Dr. Detlev Erdmann, plastic surgeon, Duke Center for Aesthetic Services
Topics: Body contouring (skin reduction following weight loss surgery), the state of plastic surgery
February 22, 2012 Guest: Dr. Mark Wiesner, Director, Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT), Duke University Topics: Health and safety issues associated with nanotechnology, recent NAS report on crafting a strategy for nanotech environmental, health, and safety nanomaterials research, CEINT
March 21, 2012 Guest: Dr. Sukanta Basu, Associate Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University Topics: Scientific underpinnings of wind energy, boundary layer meteorology, atmospheric turbulence modeling
March 28, 2012 Guest: Dr. William Maixner, director, Center for Neurosensory Disorders, UNC-CH Topics: Chronic pain research, OPPERA prospective study of temporomandibular disorders (TMD)
April 4, 2012 Guest: Dr. David Kroll, Director of Science Communications, Nature Research Center (NRC), NC Museum of Natural Sciences Topics: NRC Grand Opening, NRC programs and exhibits
May 2, 2012 Guest: Dr. Misha Angrist, Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy Topic: Misha’s book, Here Is a Human Being: At the Dawn of Personal Genomics - his story of being one of the first people to have his genome sequenced.
May 30, 2012 Guest: Dr. Tom Linden, UNC Medical & Science Journalism Program Topics: UNC Medical & Science Journalism Program, Tom's career in broadcast medical journalism, Tom's book, The New York Times Reader: Health & Medicine
June 20, 2012 Guest: Dr. Rich Bergl, Curator of Conservation and Research, North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, NC Topics: Research and conservation programs at the North Carolina Zoo – on site, regional, and in Africa (gorillas, elephants, etc.)
June 27, 2012 Guest: Dr. Ahmad Hariri, Professor of Psychology and Neurology; Director, Laboratory of NeuroGenetics, Duke University Topics: Imaging genetics, Duke Neurogenetics Study, relationship of genetics, brain chemistry, and behavior
September 26, 2012 Guest: Dr. David Potenziani, Executive Director, NCB-Prepared Topics: National Collaborative for Bio-Preparedness (NCB-Prepared), biopreparedness, biosurveillance
October 24, 2012 Guest: Dr. Charles Perou, member, Lineberger Cancer Center, Professor of genetics and pathology and laboratory medicine, UNC School of Medicine Topics: The Cancer Genome Atlas project, recent landmark Nature publication on breast cancer subtypes
October 31, 2012 Guest: Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, Co-Director, Center for Neuroengineering, Duke University Topics: Brain-machine interfaces, neuroprosthetics, new approach to restoring mobility to Parkinson’s disease patients
November 7, 2012 Guests: Dr. John Burris, President, Burroughs Wellcome Fund; Russ Campbell, Communications Officer, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Topics: Burroughs Wellcome Fund history, grant-making programs, support for science education, communications
November 14, 2012 Guests: Brian Risk, Geneffects Research, Inc., and Giddings Lab, Boise State University, with fellow musicians Katharine Whalen and Josh Starmer Topics: Bioinformatics, proteogenomics, the ENCODE project, and live music from Risk-Whalen!
December 19, 2012 Guest: Dr. Ann Ross, Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, NC State University Topic: Forensic anthropology
January 30, 2013 Guest: Dr. Anne Collins McLaughlin, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, NC State University; director, Learning, Aging and Ergonomics Laboratory (LACELab); co-director, Gains Through Gaming Laboratory Topics: Human factors and ergonomics, cognitive training for seniors, aging farmers, health workers’ perceptions of hygiene safety, video games and aging
February 6, 2013 Guests: Dr. Jeffery Dangl, John N. Couch Professor of Biology, HHMI/GBMF investigator, Department of Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Dr. Sarah Grant, Research Associate Professor, Department of Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: Plant microbiomes, plant immune systems, development of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant model, importance of plant biology, science policy
February 13, 2013 Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Loboa, Associate Professor, UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, NCSU Department of Materials Science & Engineering; director, Cell Mechanics Laboratory Topics: Tissue engineering with human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and human adipose (fat)-derived adult stem cells (hASCs) to produce robust bone and cartilage, “smart” bandages
February 27, 2013 Guest: Dr. James Evans, Bryson Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Medicine; Principal Investigator, NCGENES Study, UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: Whole exome sequencing, NCGENES Study, clinical genomics, personalized medicine, direct-to-consumer genetic testing, ethical, legal and social issues in genomics
March 6, 2013 Guest: Dr. Edward Breitschwerdt, Professor of Internal Medicine, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine; Chief Scientific Officer & Co-founder, Galaxy Diagnostics, Inc. Topics: Detection, diagnosis and treatment of Bartonella infections in animals and humans, vector-borne diseases, One Health
May 8, 2013 Guest: Dr. Cedric Pearce, Founder and CEO, Mycosynthetix, Inc. Topics: Fungi as sources of drugs and agricultural products, natural products in drug discovery, Mycosynthetix library of 55,000 fungi, Cedric’s career, scientists as entrepreneurs
May 29, 2013 A Special Edition of Radio In Vivo: a keynote lecture by Dr. Eric Green, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, delivered at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill April 23, 2013 at the launch of the National Consortium for Data Science (NCDS). Dr. Green’s topic: “The Human Genomics Landscape a Decade After the Human Genome Project”
June 5, 2013 Guest: Dr. Brian Hare, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology; Member, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience; Director, Duke Canine Cognition Center, Duke University; Co-founder, Dognition
Topics: Brian’s and Vanessa Woods’s new book, The Genius of Dogs, the new company Dognition
June 19, 2013 Guest: Dr. Ron Alterovitz, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Director, Computational Robotics Research Group, UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: Medical robotics, home assistance robotics
July 10, 2013 Guest: Dr. Rebecca Knickmeyer, Assistant Professor of Psychology; UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: Imaging and genomics applied to newborns’ brains to predict psychiatric disease, sex differences in neonatal brain structure
July 17, 2013 Guest: T. DeLene Beeland, author, science and nature writer Topics: DeLene’s new book, The Secret World of Red Wolves: The Fight to Save North America’s Other Wolf
July 31, 2013 Guest: Dr. Tim Carey, Director, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: Comparative effectiveness research, health services, translational medicine, evidence-based practice, electronic health records
September 4, 2013 Guest: Dr. Carol Cheatham, UNC Nutrition Research Institute, Kannapolis, NC; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology; UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: Nutrigenomics, effects of fatty acids on cognition and brain development, blueberries and memory
September 25, 2013 Guest: Dr. Ross Tonkens, Director, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Science and Technology Accelerator Program, venture philanthropy, the “valley of death,” cardiology, contract research organizations
October 2, 2013 Guest: Dr. Antonio Baines, Assistant Professor of Biology, North Carolina Central University; Cancer Research Program, Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute Topic: Pancreatic cancer research
November 20, 2013 Guest: Dr. Joanne Jordan, Director, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, UNC-Chapel Hill; Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology and Joseph P. Archie Eminent Professor of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine Topics: Arthritis research, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
November 27, 2013 Guest: Dr. Cynthia Powell, Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics, Chief of the Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, UNC School of Medicine Topics: Newborn genomic screening research; ethical, legal and social issues; informed consent; whole exome sequencing; fetal DNA screening
December 4, 2013 Guest: Dr. Pauline Kay Lund, Sarah Graham Kenan professor of cell & molecular physiology, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, UNC School of Medicine Topics: Intestinal stem cells, intestinal epithelium, suppression of cytokine signaling (SOCS), fibrosis in regenerative medicine, microbiome, gut inflammation
January 8, 2014 Guest: Dr. Stan Ahalt, director, Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), Chapel Hill Topics: RENCI, National Consortium for Data Science (NCDS), iRODS (Integrated Rule-Oriented Data System)
March 12, 2014 Guest: Dr. Raymond Huml, Executive Director of Strategic Drug Development and Head of Global Biosimilars Strategic Planning, Quintiles, Inc. Topics: Quintiles, regulatory affairs, pharmaceutical due diligence, evolving business models in pharma and CROs, biosimilars
March 19, 2014 Guest: Dr. Steven McNulty, research ecologist, US Forest Service; director, USDA Southeast Regional Climate Hub (SERCH) Topics: Impact of climate change on forests and agriculture in the Southeast, SERCH, Steve’s research in landscape scale modeling
April 2, 2014 Guest: Bob Geolas, President and CEO, Research Triangle Park Foundation
Topics: Past, present and future of Research Triangle Park
April 23, 2014 Guest: Dr. Don Walters, President, Nova Synthetix Topics: Development of ricin-free castor beans, uses of castor oil, start-up ag biotech
April 30, 2014 Guest: Dr. Lawrence David, Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Topics: Diet and the human gut microbiome, human-associated microbial ecosystems, cholera infections and gut microbial communities, genomics of the microbiome
May 7, 2014 Guest: Dr. Misha Angrist, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP), Duke University Topics: New Master of Arts in Bioethics and Science Policy degree program (Duke), 23andMe, the $1000 genome, orphan drugs, impending split of the IGSP into three centers
May 21, 2014 Guests: Dr. Deb Mosca, CEO, and Dr. Roy Carter, Senior Director, Development, Marine Bio-technologies Center on Innovation (MBCOI), Wilmington, NC Topics: Marine biotechnology, MBCOI history and programs
May 28, 2014 Guest: Dr. Lori Setton, William Bevan Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Topics: Intervertebral disc disorders of the spine, mechanisms for degeneration and regeneration of soft tissues of the musculoskeletal system, methods of drug delivery and tissue regeneration in intervertebral discs, lower back pain
July 2, 2014 Guest: Dr. Mary (Missy) Cummings, director, Humans and Autonomy Lab, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University Topics: Military and domestic commercial drones, autonomous technology in aviation, medicine, driving and more, the multifaceted interactions of human and computer decision-making in complex sociotechnical systems with embedded autonomy, Missy’s career (including being one of the first female Navy fighter pilots)
July 9, 2014 Guest: Dr. Ru-Rong Ji, Distinguished Professor, Chief of Pain Research, Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center Topics: Chronic pain, acute pain, molecular and cellular mechanisms of pain and itch
July 23, 2014 Guest: Dr. Bruce Cairns, John Stackhouse Distinguished Professor of Surgery, UNC School of Medicine; Director, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center Topics: North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center history and programs, Bruce’s career and research, state of the science in burn research
July 30, 2014 Guests: Dr. David Walmer and Kathy Walmer, Family Health Ministries, Inc.; adjunct professors, Duke Global Health Institute Topics: Cervical cancer and HPV screening in Haiti, Family Health Ministries’ work in Haiti
August 20, 2014 Guest: Dr. James Fuller, VP and Laboratory Director, intelliGENETICS, Hilton Head, SC; 2014-15 President, NC Academy of Science Topics: The evolving science of DNA identification, Jim’s career, contamination/misidentification of cell lines, reproducibility, NC Academy of Science
August 27, 2014 Guest: Dr. Lingchong You, Paul Ruffin Scarborough Associate Professor of Engineering; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Topics: Synthetic biology, cell-to-cell communication, synthetic gene circuits, quorum sensing, antibiotic resistance, sociomicrobiology, bistability, mathematical modeling of cellular networks
September 10, 2014 Guests: Fenella Saunders, Managing Editor, American Scientist, and Dr. Jamie Vernon, Editor-in-Chief, American Scientist; Director of Science Communications and Publications, Sigma Xi Topics: American Scientist, Sigma Xi